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The Truro cordwainers' play: a "new" 18th century Christmas play (2003)
Journal Article
Millington, P. (2003). The Truro cordwainers' play: a "new" 18th century Christmas play. Folklore, 114(1), https://doi.org/10.1080/0015587032000059870

The Christmas play hitherto attributed to Mylor has been re-ascribed to Truro in the late 1780s, using biographical information concerning the actors, and physical characteristics of the manuscript. It becomes the oldest Saint George play to feature... Read More about The Truro cordwainers' play: a "new" 18th century Christmas play.

Inhibition of hypochlorous acid-induced oxidative reactions by nitrite: Is nitrite an antioxidant? (2003)
Journal Article
Whiteman, M., Rose, P., & Halliwell, B. (2003). Inhibition of hypochlorous acid-induced oxidative reactions by nitrite: Is nitrite an antioxidant?. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, 303(4), 1217-1224. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0006-291X%2803%2900503-5

Acute and chronic inflammation result in increased nitrogen monoxide (̇NO) formation and the accumulation of nitrite (NO2-). Neutrophils stimulated by various inflammatory mediators release myeloperoxidase to produce the cytotoxic agent hypochlorous... Read More about Inhibition of hypochlorous acid-induced oxidative reactions by nitrite: Is nitrite an antioxidant?.

Resistance to spontaneous apoptosis in acute myeloid leukaemia blasts is associated with p-glycoprotein expression and function, but not with the presence of FLT3 internal tandem duplications (2003)
Journal Article
Pallis, M., Turzanski, J., Grundy, M., Seedhouse, C., & Russell, N. (2003). Resistance to spontaneous apoptosis in acute myeloid leukaemia blasts is associated with p-glycoprotein expression and function, but not with the presence of FLT3 internal tandem duplications. British Journal of Haematology, 120(6), 1009-1016. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2141.2003.04210.x

The ability of acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) blasts to survive in culture has been associated with poor patient response to chemotherapy. Other biological factors predicting an adverse outcome include p-glycoprotein (pgp) expression, which is associa... Read More about Resistance to spontaneous apoptosis in acute myeloid leukaemia blasts is associated with p-glycoprotein expression and function, but not with the presence of FLT3 internal tandem duplications.

Liposome entrapment and immunogenic studies of a synthetic lipophilic multiple antigenic peptide bearing VP1 and VP3 domains of the hepatitis A virus: A robust method for vaccine design (2003)
Journal Article
Haro, I., Pérez, S., García, M., Chan, W. C., & Ercilla, G. (2003). Liposome entrapment and immunogenic studies of a synthetic lipophilic multiple antigenic peptide bearing VP1 and VP3 domains of the hepatitis A virus: A robust method for vaccine design. FEBS Letters, 540(1-3), 133-140. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0014-5793%2803%2900249-7

Multiple antigen peptides (MAP) have been demonstrated to be efficient immunological reagents for the induction of immune responses to a variety of infectious agents. Several peptide domains of the hepatitis A virus (HAV) capsid proteins, mainly VP1... Read More about Liposome entrapment and immunogenic studies of a synthetic lipophilic multiple antigenic peptide bearing VP1 and VP3 domains of the hepatitis A virus: A robust method for vaccine design.

Flow cytometric measurement of phosphorylated STAT5 in AML: Lack of specific association with FLT3 internal tandem duplications (2003)
Journal Article
Pallis, M., Seedhouse, C., Grundy, M., & Russell, N. (2003). Flow cytometric measurement of phosphorylated STAT5 in AML: Lack of specific association with FLT3 internal tandem duplications. Leukemia Research, 27(9), 803-805. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0145-2126%2803%2900012-2

STAT5 phosphorylation has been noted in 69–95% of AML cases by Western blotting. We used flow cytometry to measure phosphorylated STAT5 on a semi-quantitative scale. The method was validated on K562 cells, which constitutively express phosphorylated... Read More about Flow cytometric measurement of phosphorylated STAT5 in AML: Lack of specific association with FLT3 internal tandem duplications.

Inhibition of peroxynitrite-mediated cellular toxicity, tyrosine nitration, and α1-antiproteinase inactivation by 3-mercapto-2-methylpentan-1-ol, a novel compound isolated from Allium cepa (2003)
Journal Article
Rose, P., Widder, S., Looft, J., Pickenhagen, W., Ong, C. N., & Whiteman, M. (2003). Inhibition of peroxynitrite-mediated cellular toxicity, tyrosine nitration, and α1-antiproteinase inactivation by 3-mercapto-2-methylpentan-1-ol, a novel compound isolated from Allium cepa. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, 302(2), 397-402. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0006-291X%2803%2900193-1

Peroxynitrite formation in vivo is implicated in numerous human diseases and there is considerable interest in the use of antioxidants and natural products such as thiols as "peroxynitrite scavengers". We therefore investigated the effects of a recen... Read More about Inhibition of peroxynitrite-mediated cellular toxicity, tyrosine nitration, and α1-antiproteinase inactivation by 3-mercapto-2-methylpentan-1-ol, a novel compound isolated from Allium cepa.

Landau-Gutzwiller quasi-particles (2003)
Journal Article
Bünemann, J., Gebhard, F., & Thul, R. (2003). Landau-Gutzwiller quasi-particles. Physical Review B, 67, Article 075103. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.67.075103

We define Landau quasiparticles within the Gutzwiller variational theory and derive their dispersion relation for general multiband Hubbard models in the limit of large spatial dimensions D. Thereby we reproduce our previous calculations which were ba... Read More about Landau-Gutzwiller quasi-particles.

Agouti-related protein has an inhibitory paracrine role in the rat adrenal gland (2003)
Journal Article
Dhillo, W. S., Small, C. J., Gardiner, J. V., Bewick, G. A., Whitworth, E. J., Jethwa, P. H., Seal, L. J., Ghatei, M. A., Hinson, J. P., & Bloom, S. R. (2003). Agouti-related protein has an inhibitory paracrine role in the rat adrenal gland. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, 301(1), 102-107. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0006-291X%2802%2902991-1

α-Melanocyte-stimulating-hormone (α-MSH) is an agonist at the melanocortin 3 receptor (MC3-R) and melanocortin 4 receptor (MC4-R). α-MSH stimulates corticosterone release from rat adrenal glomerulosa cells in vitro. Agouti-related protein (AgRP) an e... Read More about Agouti-related protein has an inhibitory paracrine role in the rat adrenal gland.

Vitamins Reverse Endothelial Dysfunction Through Regulation of eNOS and NAD(P)H Oxidase Activities (2003)
Journal Article
Ulker, S., McKeown, P., & Bayraktutan, U. (2003). Vitamins Reverse Endothelial Dysfunction Through Regulation of eNOS and NAD(P)H Oxidase Activities. Hypertension, 41,

Antioxidant vitamins C and E have protective properties in genetic hypertension associated with enhanced
oxidative stress. This study investigated whether vitamins C and/or E modulate vascular function by regulating
enzymatic activities of endothel... Read More about Vitamins Reverse Endothelial Dysfunction Through Regulation of eNOS and NAD(P)H Oxidase Activities.

Predicting the metabolic energy costs of bipedalism using evolutionary robotics (2003)
Journal Article
Sellers, W. I., Dennis, L. A., & Crompton, R. H. (2003). Predicting the metabolic energy costs of bipedalism using evolutionary robotics. https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.00205

To understand the evolution of bipedalism among the homnoids in an ecological context we need to be able to estimate theenerrgetic cost of locomotion in fossil forms. Ideally such an estimate would be based entirely on morphology since, except for t... Read More about Predicting the metabolic energy costs of bipedalism using evolutionary robotics.

Politics and language rights: a case study of language politics in Croatia (2003)
Book Chapter
Pupavac, V. (2003). Politics and language rights: a case study of language politics in Croatia. In G. Hogan-Brun, & S. Wolff (Eds.), Minority languages in Europe: frameworks, status, prospects. Palgrave Macmillan

This chapter discusses language and national aspirations through a case study of language politics in Croatia. Not only is language crucially influenced by national politics, but language politics has played a significant role in national politics in... Read More about Politics and language rights: a case study of language politics in Croatia.

Substituting outline fonts for bitmap fonts in archived PDF files (2003)
Journal Article
Probets, S., & Brailsford, D. F. (2003). Substituting outline fonts for bitmap fonts in archived PDF files

As collections of archived digital documents continue to grow the maintenance of an archive, and the quality of reproduction from the archived format, become important long-term considerations. In particular, Adobe s PDF is now an important final for... Read More about Substituting outline fonts for bitmap fonts in archived PDF files.

Expertise and forms of knowledge in the government of families (2003)
Journal Article
Murphy, E. (2003). Expertise and forms of knowledge in the government of families. Sociological Review, 51(4),

This paper examines the relationship between the state and the individual in relation to an aspect of mundane family life – the feeding of babies and young children. The nutritional status of children has long been a matter of national concern and i... Read More about Expertise and forms of knowledge in the government of families.

Using SVG as the Rendering Model for Structured and Graphically Complex Web Material (2003)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Mong, J., & Brailsford, D. F. Using SVG as the Rendering Model for Structured and Graphically Complex Web Material. Presented at ACM Symposium on Document Engineering

This paper reports some experiments in using SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics), rather than the browser default of (X)HTML/CSS, as a potential Web-based rendering technology, in an attempt to create an approach that integrates the structural and display... Read More about Using SVG as the Rendering Model for Structured and Graphically Complex Web Material.

EBIC study of Au / n-type GaN Schottky contacts (2003)
Book Chapter
Moldovan, G., Harrison, I., & Brown, P. D. (2003). EBIC study of Au / n-type GaN Schottky contacts. In A. Cullis, & P. Midgley (Eds.), Microscopy of semiconducting materials 2003 : proceedings of the Institute of Physics conference, Cambridge University, 31 March - 3 April 2003. IOP Publishing Ltd

The performance of Au / n-type GaN Schottky contacts is strongly dependent on the GaN surface processing prior to contacting. Current-voltage and EBIC line scans demonstrate that KOH treatment acts to degrade the Schottky contacts. EBIC imaging rev... Read More about EBIC study of Au / n-type GaN Schottky contacts.

A Bayesian optimization algorithm for the nurse scheduling problem (2003)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Li, J., & Aickelin, U. A Bayesian optimization algorithm for the nurse scheduling problem. Presented at 2003 Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC2003)

A Bayesian optimization algorithm for the nurse scheduling problem is presented, which involves choosing a suitable scheduling rule from a set for each nurse’s assignment. Unlike our previous work that used GAs to implement implicit learning, the lea... Read More about A Bayesian optimization algorithm for the nurse scheduling problem.

'Explicit Learning: an Effort towards Human Scheduling Algorithms' (2003)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Li, J., & Aickelin, U. 'Explicit Learning: an Effort towards Human Scheduling Algorithms'. Presented at The 1st Multidisciplinary International Conference on Scheduling: Theory and Applications MISTA 2003

Abstract

Scheduling problems are generally NP-hard combinatorial problems, and a lot of research has been done to solve these problems heuristically. However, most of the previous approaches are problem-specific and research into the development o... Read More about 'Explicit Learning: an Effort towards Human Scheduling Algorithms'.

'A Bayesian Optimisation Algorithm for the Nurse Scheduling Problem' (2003)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Li, J., & Aickelin, U. 'A Bayesian Optimisation Algorithm for the Nurse Scheduling Problem'. Presented at The 2003 Congress for Evolutionary Computation

Abstract- A Bayesian optimization algorithm for the nurse scheduling problem is presented, which involves choosing a suitable scheduling rule from a set for each nurse's assignment. Unlike our previous work that used GAs to implement implicit learnin... Read More about 'A Bayesian Optimisation Algorithm for the Nurse Scheduling Problem'.

Modern trends in evidence scholarship: is all rosy in the garden? (2003)
Journal Article
Jackson, J. (2003). Modern trends in evidence scholarship: is all rosy in the garden?

This article reviews the state of evidence scholarship in the early 21st century and argues that it has been enriched by drawing upon a range of different disciplines including social psychology,cognitive science, forensic psychology, mathematics, li... Read More about Modern trends in evidence scholarship: is all rosy in the garden?.